Source document
Coversheet and Cabinet paper: Investor migrants policy settings
Has everything in it been taken?
CompleteReviewed 8 Oct 2026
Reviewed. Everything in it that belongs in the tables has been taken.
What the document holds
Cabinet paper 'Investor migrants policy settings' (May 2022) with coversheet; pp. 3, 7, 13, 17 are images (OCR'd). Contents: revised AIP design (weightings, $15m threshold, 117 days, listed-equity cap; already rules/events from other sources), NZTE role and aftercare transfer, review timing, Investor category fees and levy before and after 1 Aug 2022, and Appendix Three on Investor 1 ($6.78 billion, 679 investors) and Investor 2 ($5.184 billion, 2,385 investors; already in the data) with Project Oystercatcher shares of investment May 2017-Sep 2020 (bonds 51%: government 9%, other 42%; listed shares 21%; commercial property 17%; growth investment 51% Investor 1, 43% Investor 2). Added the seven shares, the pre-August-2022 fees and levy for Investor 1 and 2 (6 rules) and the aftercare-transfer event. Out of scope: Australian investor visa thresholds (NZD 2.69m and 5.38m), Entrepreneur and Global Impact Visa.
What it supports
17 rows on this site come from this document. Each one opens with the page and the exact words.
6 numbers2 programmes8 rules1 event
Numbers (6)
- Investment by programme investorsNZD 6.78 billion2009-2022 · NZ MBIE 2022Reported by othersUnit not printedNew Zealand · Investor 1 visa
- Main applicants approved679 persons2009-2022 · NZ MBIE 2022Reported by othersNew Zealand · Investor 1 visa
- Share of programme investment by asset class or routeRoute: Growth investment51%2017-05/2020-09 · NZ MBIE 2022Reported by othersNew Zealand · Investor 1 visa
- Investment by programme investorsNZD 5.184 billion2009-2022 · NZ MBIE 2022Reported by othersUnit not printedNew Zealand · Investor 2 visa
- Main applicants approved2,385 persons2009-2022 · NZ MBIE 2022Reported by othersNew Zealand · Investor 2 visa
- Share of programme investment by asset class or routeRoute: Growth investment43%2017-05/2020-09 · NZ MBIE 2022Reported by othersNew Zealand · Investor 2 visa
Programmes (2)
Rules and prices (8)
- Immigration levyper applicationNZD 3,150Since 1 Aug 2022 · NZ MBIE 2022New Zealand · Active Investor Plus visa
- Application feeapplication made in New ZealandNZD 4,750Since 1 Aug 2022 · NZ MBIE 2022New Zealand · Active Investor Plus visa
- Immigration levyper applicationNZD 830Until 31 Jul 2022 · NZ MBIE 2022New Zealand · Investor 1 visa
- Application feeapplication made offshoreNZD 4,130Until 31 Jul 2022 · NZ MBIE 2022New Zealand · Investor 1 visa
- Application feeapplication made in New ZealandNZD 4,240Until 31 Jul 2022 · NZ MBIE 2022New Zealand · Investor 1 visa
- Immigration levyper applicationNZD 830Until 31 Jul 2022 · NZ MBIE 2022New Zealand · Investor 2 visa
- Application feeapplication made offshoreNZD 4,130Until 31 Jul 2022 · NZ MBIE 2022New Zealand · Investor 2 visa
- Application feeapplication made in New ZealandNZD 4,240Until 31 Jul 2022 · NZ MBIE 2022New Zealand · Investor 2 visa
5 more rows from this document are in the source data but not on this site: numbers we would have had to work out ourselves, figures a later correction replaced, or programmes outside these datasets.
About the document
What it covers Cabinet paper (May 2022, Office of the Minister of Immigration) revising the Active Investor Plus design; Appendix Three gives cumulative investment and investor numbers for Investor 1 and Investor 2; fees and levies.
Notes mbie.govt.nz blocks scripted downloads (Incapsula); copy taken from the Wayback Machine capture of 6 Mar 2023. Proactive release dated for publication 7 Oct 2022. Some passages redacted.
Source id nzl-mbie-cab-investor-2022 · accessed 2 Oct 2026